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Duluth Public Schools details reunification plan and Standard Response Protocol; district to expand training and preparedness
Summary
District officials outlined an updated crisis-response structure, standard response protocols, and reunification procedures designed to guide site and district teams during incidents; the plan emphasizes preparedness, training (including the PREPARE model), and mental-health supports for impacted students and staff.
Danette Siebel, principal on special assignment for safety and crisis response, briefed the board on district revisions to crisis planning, the district's adoption of the Standard Response Protocol (I Love U Guys foundation), and new reunification procedures the district is training staff to use. Siebel said the district has formed a core planning team that includes the district communications officer (Adele Wellens), the mental-health coordinator (Todd McGowan) and safety staff. The district will use the PREPARE crisis-prevention and intervention training framework (School Psychology model) to help sites assess prevention, mitigation and recovery steps and to standardize site Emergency Operations Committee practices. The district described its practice definitions to the board: hold (clear hallways and continue instruction), secure (keep building occupants inside and control entry), lockdown…
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